Lunchline: Happy Tax Day!

If you have difficulty viewing this newsletter, click here to view as a Web page. Click here to view in plain text. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Today's Tax Day, and to help ease the pain as you pony up to Uncle Sam, some local establishments are offering specials to get your mind off of things. No lie: Some of these freebies and deals are pretty sweet. God Bless America. It's baseball season, which means that D.C.'s elected officials are fighting over tickets. While people were marching yesterday for the fiscal autonomy of the city, news broke that Mayor Vincent Gray is angry that he's going to have to share his box seats with his council counterparts. This conflict is becoming old hat and is extremely immature on so many fronts, if you ask me. The Post's Tim Craig updates us on the latest embarrassment from the Wilson Building. Eastern Market isn't the only of its kind in the city. Over in Northeast, the Florida Avenue Market (or Capital City Market as some call it) is in fact my favorite in D.C. Now, there are plans to redevelop a portion of it into a destination known as Union Market. Planners are hoping to make it something akin to what you might find in say, Seattle. Capital Business' Jonathan O'Connell takes a look at the mockups and offers a video interview with the lead developer. As a journalist, I love Pulitzer Prize day. Since I've never gotten close to winning one and most likely never will, it's always fun to see who in the field is really excelling. And when the Huffington Post, a blog that many people say is only aggregating and putting up photo galleries, won one, it was a game-changer. My personal favorite winner was Wesley Morris. The Post's Paul Farhi reports on the two winners in D.C. Reading Pulitzer-prize-winning work is always time well spent. I'll never forget the first time I remember hearing someone ask for more headphone volume. It was then-Puff Daddy and Mase's track "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down," in which the latter immediately asks the former to turn things up before they start rapping. Ever since then, every time I hear it, I laugh. I don't know why, it's just a hilarious thing to ask for to me. And after Kanye's latest track features it, Slate's Forrest Wickman and Chris Wade break down the "studio vérité approach to recording." It was a big sports night Monday in D.C. And two out of three ain't bad, they say. Unless that one loss is in the playoffs in your own barn. The Capitals got into a dogfight with the Bruins, and lost their composure late before dropping a monster game to give home ice advantage back to their opponent. In better news, the Nats scored a victory with help from local kid Steve Lombardozzi. And unbelievably, the Wizards got a win to ensure that they aren't the worst team in franchise history. Extra Bites • People are legitimately losing their minds about this Discovery flyover, which is fair enough. Here's a video feed. Thanks to reader Derck Bidwell, who pointed out that this apparently happened relatively frequently in the '80s. • A Taliban commander turned himself in last week in Afghanistan to get the reward listed on his very own "wanted" poster. Word of the day: imbecilic. • There's a Bob Marley documentary coming out Friday, on April 20, aka 4/20. Well played, kids. Check out my Facebook fan page, my Twitter feed, or e-mail me at clinton.yates@wpost.com. Get The Washington Post, your way. Want to stay on top of the latest news, features, commentary and more? Here's how: Mobile: Alerts: Social Media: Applications Web site E-mail SMS RSS Feeds Facebook Twitter SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 ©2012 The Washington Post Privacy Policy